Frames Selection

Glasses say so much about your personality and personal style. At Nash Eyecare, we are happy to work with you in selecting frames that complement your features. Our experienced optometry professionals work closely with you to select the proper frames to fit your budget as well as your cosmetic, lifestyle, and vision needs. While working with our experienced staff enables you to select the appropriate frames, we invite you to learn more about which frame styles complement various face shapes.

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Choose The Right Frames

One important thing to know before you get started is that you don’t have to be a fashion or beauty expert to choose glasses that are right for you. There are some tips that can help make it an easy process, though. First, you want to select glasses that not only express your style but have a comfortable fit for long wearability. Here are some helpful points to consider:

Face Shape
Colors That Compliment Your Complexion
Consider Your Lifestyle
What Is Your Personality?

These things can help guide you, along with trying on several pairs to feel the different fit of various styles of frames styles, toward the eyeglasses that a right for you.

Frames For Every Face Shape

No matter what your face shape, there is a pair of glasses for you. Below, we have a list that will help guide you in choosing the best frames for your face shape. We know that frames are an opportunity to express your individual style as well as their important functionality to your vision. With something worn most of the time for many, it’s important to make a good choice.

Below is a general guide and is only intended for reference. Our experienced and trained staff will assist you in selecting frames what work best for your lifestyle. The key to finding the right frames is to remember that opposites attract. Select eyeglasses that contrast from your facial contours and bring symmetry and balance to your prominent features.

Square Shape

A square face is often characterized by a strong jaw line, a broad forehead, and a wide chin and cheekbones. The width and length of the face are close to being equal. Frames should be selected to make the face look longer and to soften the square angles of the face. Choose frames that are slightly curved (like an oval shape) and that have more horizontal than vertical real estate.
Square Face: Eyeglasses that soften the angularity and sit high on the bridge of the nose look best on square faces. Oval or round eyeglasses will balance and add a thinner appearance to the angles of a square face.
Frames to Avoid: Angular and boxy eyeglass frames will sharpen and draw attention to your angular features, making a square face appear bulky.

Oval Shape

The oval face is identifiable by its balanced proportions. The forehead is slightly wider than the chin and cheekbones are high. Frames should complement the natural proportions of the oval. Choose frames that are wide or wider than the broadest part of the face and that follow your brow line. Often, diamond or rectangular shapes work best for oval shapes.
Oval Face: Frames that suit an oval face have a strong bridge, are wider than the broadest part of the face, and are geometric.
Frames to Avoid: Eyeglasses that are overlarge and cover up more than half of your face will throw off the natural balance and symmetry of the oval face.

Oblong Shape

Although fairly similar to an oval shape, an oblong face is longer than it is wide. The ideal frames will shorten the face by creating a break in the length of the face. Choose frames that have depth and a low bridge to shorten the nose. Try frames that are round, deep, have low-triangle shapes, or that have strong vertical lines.
Oblong Face: Although fairly similar to an oval shape, an oblong face is longer than it is wide. The ideal frames will shorten the face by creating a break in the length of the face. Choose frames that have depth and a low bridge to shorten the nose. Try frames that are round, deep, have low-triangle shapes, or that have strong vertical lines.
Frames to Avoid: Overly Rounded, and large frames similar to the oval-shaped face choices.

Heart Shape

(or Base-up Triangle)

A heart shaped face looks like a heart or a triangle with the point facing down. The forehead is very wide and cheekbones are high while the face narrows towards the chin. Counterbalance the narrow chin by choosing frames that are wider at the bottom. Generally, light colored and rimless frames work best, although aviator, butterfly and low-triangle styles also work well.
Heart-Shaped Face: Frames that balance the width of the forehead with the narrowness of the chin are ideal. Eyeglasses with low-set temples and bottom heavy frame lines will add width to that narrower part of your face. Round eyeglasses or square eyeglasses with curved edges will help draw attention away from a broad, high forehead.
Frames to Avoid: Steer clear of any style or color of frames that draws attention to the forehead. This includes frames with decorative temples or embellished tops.

Round Shape

A round or full face is characterized by having the same width and length. For round faces, frames that add length to the face often work best. Frames that lengthen the face are typically angular, narrow and are wider than they are deep. It is best to avoid round style frames as these will exaggerate the roundness and curves of the face.
Round Face: Eyeglass frames that are square or rectangular tend to be wider than a round face. This quality can enhance your face by making it appear slimmer and longer, adding balance to your round features.
Frames to Avoid: Rimless frames, round frames and small frames will accentuate the roundness, making your round face look even rounder.

Diamond Shape

A diamond shaped face is often characterized by high, dramatic cheekbones with a narrow eye line and jaw line. This shape is the rarest of all the shapes. Oval frames that are soft in style typically work best to highlight the eyes and cheekbones. Select frames that have detailing, distinctive brow lines, are rimless or a cat-eye shape for best results.
Diamond Face: Play up a narrow forehead and chin with eyeglass frames what sweep up or are wider than the cheekbones, such as cat eyeglasses and oval frames. These frames will accentuate your cheekbones and delicate features.
Frames to Avoid: Boxy and narrow frames will accentuate the width of your cheeks, drawing attention to your narrow features rather than enhancing them.

Base-down Triangle Shape

A base-down triangle face has a narrower forehead with full cheeks and a broad chin.
Base-down Triangle Face:To offset a broad chin, select frames that widen at the top. Great selections include frames that have heavy color accents and detail on the top part of the frames. Cat-eye shapes also work well to add width and emphasize the narrow upper part of the face.
Frames to Avoid: Stay away from styles and colors that draw attention to the cheek area, as this is what you want to minimize with this face shape.

A Few More Considerations For A Perfect Fit

Consider Colors That Match Your Skin Tone

Just as the shape of your face helps determine which frames look best, so does your skin tone. More important than hair color and more decisive than eye color, skin tone sets the tone for high fashion frames. At Nash Eyecare, our staff of professionals can help you select a shade closest to your skin tone:

Warm Skin Tone
If you have a yellow, bronze or golden cast to your skin, you have a warm complexion. Stay away from contrasting colors such as pastels. White and black frames are not flattering either. Instead, the best frame colors for you are light tortoise, browns shades, gold or honey, beige, and olive green.

Cool Skin Tone
If your skin has pink or blue undertones, you have a cool complexion. Avoid colors that wash you out and instead reach for frames that are silver, black, dark tortoise, pink, purple, blue, mauve and gray.

What’s Your Lifestyle?

There are eyeglass frames for every way of life! Think about the activities you will do while wearing your eyeglasses. If you’re active, Search for frames which can twist and bend without breaking. When you need to impress, you can accessorize your business savvy with sensible style. At Nash Eyecare, we can help you find the frames with a functionality that matches your lifestyle.

Fit Frames to Your Personality?

The frames you wear can say a lot about your personality. You can have a pair of glasses that showcase your fun-loving side on the weekends and a pair that emphasizes your get down to business tone during the week. Adorn your face with your favorite color (as long as it doesn’t clash with your skin tone) or detailed embellishments and flare. Choose either one style of frames to express your personality, or have a small collection of frames on hand to easily alter your appearance to suit your mood. It’s really up to you! Have fun with your selection.